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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Mount Dakpo;mount dakpo;Dakla Gampo;eight-peaked mountain in the region in Southern Central Tibet.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Mount Gegyal;mount gegyal;presumably in the Gegyal Riwo district southwest of Nangchen, west of Tengchen on the main road from Chamdo to Lhasa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Mount Kailash;mount kailash;sacred mountain in west Tibet.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Mount Kangsar;mount kangsar;mountain on the old route between Nangchen and Lhasa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Mount Karma;mount karma;sacred mountain south of Nangchen on the way to Chamdo.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (Mount Meru;mount meru;The mythical mountain at the center of the universe, according to Indo-Tibetan cosmology.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (Mount Meru;mount meru;The mythical mountain at the center of the universe, according to Indo-Tibetan cosmology.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Legend of the Great Stupa/Glossary + (Mount Meru;mount meru;ften identified with … Mount Meru;mount meru;ften identified with Kailasha in the Hindu world, this mount is the centre of the universe and is ringed by mountains and lakes which protect it from the great ocean in which float the four continents and the eight island continents. On top of the heavenly mount is a flat plain, the home of the gods. In the centre of the plain is the three-tiered temple of the Guru's Body.he three-tiered temple of the Guru's Body.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Echoes of Voidness/Glossary + (Mount Meru;mount meru;the hub around which the various segments of the universe are arranged;visualized especially at the centre of mandala offerings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (Mount Meru;mount meru;world axis;the mountain at the center of a world-system, ringed by chains of lesser mountains and lakes, continents, and oceans.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Mount Sumeru;mount sumeru;mythological mou … Mount Sumeru;mount sumeru;mythological mountain of giant proportions at the center of our world-system surrounded by the four continents;abode of gods of the Desire Realms. It is encircled by chains of lesser mountains, lakes, continents, and oceans and is said to rise 84,000 leagues above sea-level. Our present world is situated on the southern continent called Jambudvipa. the southern continent called Jambudvipa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Strand of Jewels/Glossary + (Mu stegs pa;Forder;forder;Tīrthika)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mudra/Glossary + (Mudra;A symbol in the wider sense of gestu … Mudra;A symbol in the wider sense of gesture or action. It is the inspiring colour of phenomena. Also it is a symbol expressed with the hands to state for oneself and others the quality of different moments of meditation, such as touching the earth with the right hand as a witness to Buddha's freedom from emotional and mental frivolousness . from emotional and mental frivolousness .)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Rules for Nuns according to the Dharmaguptakavinaya. Part III/Glossary + (Mā-L. gṛhicaritā;曾嫁女;gihigatā)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Rules for Nuns according to the Dharmaguptakavinaya. Part III/Glossary + (Mā-L. gṛhicaritā;曾嫁婦女;gihigatā)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (Māmakī;second of the four Sublime Mothers (see Locanā).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Mūla-sarvāstivāda;‘Fundamental/original Sarvāstivāda'. In spite of the name,<br> it is a sub-sect that branched off from the original Sarvāstivāda.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (NAGARJUNA;nagarjuna;Late tenth-century Indian Buddhist philosopher regarded as systematizer of '''Middle Way''' philosophy.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (NARRATIVE COHERENCE;narrative coherence;The kind of cohesiveness that can come from a story that is complete and conclusive, a cohesiveness that does not exist for postmodern sensibilities.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (NIRVANA;nirvana;Often synonymous with enlightenment and freedom from cyclic existence ('''samsara''') and for this reason translated into Tibetan as "passage beyond suffering.")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (NONRETURNER;nonreturner;A level of spiritual attainment after which it is impossi-ble to fall again into the sufferings of samsara.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (NYATRI TSENPO;nyatri tsenpo;According to Buddhist tradition, the first king of Tibet. He was of Indian origin and is credited with the construction of the first stone edifice in Tibet, the tower of Yumbulakhar.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (NYINGMA;nyingma;Oldest school of Tibetan Buddhism, brought to Tibet from India in seventh century by Padmasambhava.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Food of Bodhisattvas/Glossary + (NYINGMAPA;nyingmapa;or Ancient Translation … NYINGMAPA;nyingmapa;or Ancient Translation School, rnying ma The original tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Its adherents study and practice the tantras, and their related teachings, translated in the first period between the introduction of the Buddha Dharma to Tibet in the eighth century and the period of the new translations inaugurated by Rinchen Zangpo (958-1051) after the persecution by Langdarma.-1051) after the persecution by Langdarma.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Nab so;ནབ་སོ་;Kṛittikā)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (Nag-po-chen-po;Mahākāla)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (Nag-po-chen-po;Mahākāla;A major "protectiv … Nag-po-chen-po;Mahākāla;A major "protective deity" (''mgon po''), Mahākāla is black in color and wrathful in form. He is thought of as the wrathful aspect of compassion and appears in numerous iconographic forms. While he is mentioned in all of the accounts herein, he was especially important to Gyelwa Ensapa.was especially important to Gyelwa Ensapa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (Nagarjuna;(2d-3d cent.) A great early expo … Nagarjuna;(2d-3d cent.) A great early exponent of Mahayana Buddhism in India and especially of the Madhyamika teaching, which minutely analyzed the implications of sunyata [relativity or emptiness] doctrine. Nagarjuna's teaching is so universally acclaimed that virtually all later Mahayana movements claim him as an ancestor;he is considered the fourteenth ancestor in the Zen lineage.he fourteenth ancestor in the Zen lineage.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/This Precious Life/Glossary + (Nagarjuna;(2nd cent. C.E.) Indian philosopher/dialectician and originator of the Madhyamika school.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (Nagarjuna;The founder of the Madhyamaka, or "middle way school".)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Nagi Gompa;nagi gompa;Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche s hermitage on the northern slope of the Kathmandu valley.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (Naiyāyika;following the Nyāya system of Brahmanical philosophy.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (Nakchungma Hermitage;nakchungma hermitage;Forest hermitage behind Dzogchen Monastery, near the Pematang and the upper Rudam Gangtrö hermitages.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (Nalanda;One of the most important monastic … Nalanda;One of the most important monastic universities of medieval India. It was located at the birthplace of Shariputra to the north ofBodh Gaya (in present-day Bihar), not far from Vulture Peak, where the Buddha expounded his teachings on the Perfection of Wisdom. Nalanda grew to an immense size;it was famous all over Asia and was attended and administered by many of the greatest masters of Mahayana Buddhism. Founded in the second century and destroyed by the armies of Muhammad Khalji in 1235, Nalanda existed for a thousand years.235, Nalanda existed for a thousand years.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (Nalanda;The famous monastic university bui … Nalanda;The famous monastic university built at the birthplace of Shariputra some distance north of Bodhgaya in Bihar and near Rajgir or Vulture Peak where Shakyamuni Buddha expounded the sutras of the Prajnaparamita. The place where many of the greatest masters of the Mahayana lived, studied, and taught, Nalanda had a long and illustrious history.alanda had a long and illustrious history.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (Nalanda;nalanda;The birthplace near Rajagriha of the Buddha's disciple Shariputra, which much later, starting in the time of the Gupta kings (fifth century), became one of the great centers of learning in Buddhist India. It was destroyed around A.D. 1200)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Namkhai Nyingpo;namkhai nyingpo;(8th cent.) — one of the twenty-five close disciples of the Lotus-Born master.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (Namo Mahamudraye;"Homage to mahamudra," the great seal.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (Nanda;(6th cent. B.C.E.) Half-brother of Shakyamuni;they were both sons of King Suddhodana. After Shakyamuni left home Nanda became the heir to the throne, but later joined the Buddhist order and became an awakened arhat.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (Nangchen;nangchen;Nangchen County occupies the upper reaches of the Ngom-chu and Dza-chu headwaters of the Mekong, in Yushul Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai Province.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Nangchen;nangchen;independent kingdom in eastern Tibet;presently situated in the southern part of the Qinghai province.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Nangso Chenmo;nangso chenmo;monastery built by Lumey Dorje of Tsangsar, one of the early Barom Kagyu masters;the ruins are situated on a small hill a half a day's walk south from Tsechu Gompa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (Naropa;naropa;(1016—1100). Originally a hi … Naropa;naropa;(1016—1100). Originally a highly accomplished Buddhist scholar and eventually abbot at Nalanda, the renowned Buddhist monastic university in northern India, Naropa one day realized that, in spite of all his learning, he did not really understand or embody the Buddhist teachings. He left his position at Nalanda and wandered through the jungles looking for a teacher who could train him and open his eyes. Eventually he met an apparently mad ''yogin'' named Tilopa (989-1069), who was a ''mahasiddha'' (an enlightened tantric master). Studying with him for twelve years, Naropa finally achieved realization and began teaching and accepting disciples of his own. One of these was Marpa, who took the lineage of Tilopa and Naropa to Tibet, where it became famed as the Kagyü lineage.here it became famed as the Kagyü lineage.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Naropa;naropa;siddha of India, chief disciple of Tilopa and guru of Marpa in the Kagyu Lineage. See ''Rain of Wisdom'' and ''The Life of Marpa''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (Negative emotions or afflictions;negative emotions or afflictions;klesha;Mental factors whose influence on thoughts and actions ultimately produces suffering. The five principal negative emotions are the five poisons (q.v.).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jewels from the Treasury/Glossary + (Neither Conception nor Non-Conception;neither conception nor non-conception;naivasaṃjñānāsaṃjñā)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Introduction to the Middle Way/Glossary + (Neither One Nor Many;neither one nor many;See Argument of neither one nor many.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Finding Rest in the Nature of the Mind/Glossary + (Neither One Nor Many;neither one nor many;See Argument of neither one nor many.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Nenang;nenang;Pawo Rinpoches monastery in Central Tibet, 60 km from Lhasa on the way to Tsurphu.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Nendo;nendo;(Neydo) one of the branches within the Karma Kagyu lineage;originates from Karma Chagmey. The main monastery (Nemdho Tashi Chöling) is in Chamdo south of Nangchen.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Neten Chokling;neten chokling;''see'' Chokling of Neten.)